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Archbishop of Canterbury visits Anglicans in Brazil and Chile

Continuing his worldwide visits to fellow primates, Archbishop Justin Welby visits Anglican churches in Brazil and the Southern Cone.

09 September 2014

Argentinean churches rejoice after son of death camp mother found

After searching for more than 35 years, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina have finally found the grandson of one of their founders, Estela de Carlotto.

13 August 2014

Feature: "From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea..."

Executive Leader of CMS Philip Mounstephen visits Chile and discovers a Church that is both distinctively Latin and yet evidently Anglican.

15 November 2013

Latin American churches discuss sexual health, women's rights

Latin American churches discuss sexual health, women's rights

21 June [ENInews] Member churches of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) have been holding consultations on sexual and reproductive rights throughout the region in preparation for a conference next year in Havana.

21 June 2012

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

The Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America’s Synod has proposed that its Province becomes two.

07 March 2012

Uruguay Elects Bishop Coadjutor (+espanol)

Uruguay Elects Bishop Coadjutor (+espanol)

In the 29th Extraordinary Synod held in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Montevideo, on December 9, 2011, an ample majority elected the Venerable Dr. Michael Pollesel as Bishop Coadjutor.

22 February 2012

Southern Cone approves Anglican Communion Covenant (+ version espanola)

Southern Cone approves Anglican Communion Covenant (+ version espanola)

At its recent in Asunción, Paraguay, the Executive Committee of the Province of the Southern Cone of America, together with its Bishops, voted to approve the Anglican Covenant.

21 December 2011

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Geneva, 18 October (ENInews) - An ecumenical accompaniment program has been launched to assist victims of violence in Colombia, where internal armed conflict has drive nearly five million people away from their land and property, according to the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI).

19 October 2011

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

The new Primate, Héctor "Tito" Zavala, welcomed delegates to Santiago for this year's first of two regular meetings. The key concern was Uruguay's petition to seek another jurisdiction after last year's Provincial Synod

13 June 2011

Uruguay votes to transfer to another Province

Uruguay votes to transfer to another Province

The Diocese of Uruguay has voted in an extraordinary diocesan Synod to leave the Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America and seek another jurisdiction with which to share its ministry.

15 November 2010